Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant program provides funding to support scrap tire cleanup and collection projects across Michigan. Improper disposal and abandonment of scrap tires pose significant public health and environmental hazards, including severe tire fires and mosquito breeding habitats that can spread disease. Funded through a vehicle title transfer fee under Part 169 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended, the program aims to clean up abandoned scrap tires and provide convenient access to proper scrap tire disposal for Michigan residents.

Eligible applicants include owners or representatives of private property in Michigan with 500 or more scrap tires, as well as public and non-profit entities such as cities, villages, townships, counties, tribal governments, watershed organizations, and recycling authorities. Applicants must select a registered Michigan scrap tire processor and discuss the scope of work prior to applying. Out-of-state haulers or processors may be approved on a case-by-case basis for projects in the Upper Peninsula. Processors must be registered with the State of Michigan SIGMA Vendor Self Service (VSS), and selected applicants must submit an executed direct pay agreement with the processor before a grant agreement is prepared. For cleanups of tires accumulated on private property after 1991, EGLE will place a lien on the property for the grant amount. Priority is given to sites with tires accumulated prior to 1991, sites with more than 500 tires that pose an imminent threat to public health or the environment, residential drop-off events, collaborative regional proposals, the development of permanent collection sites, and applicants not funded in the prior fiscal year.

Eligible projects include the cleanup of abandoned scrap tires on public property, cleanup of 500 or more scrap tires on private property, and scrap tire collection events for Michigan residents. Ineligible projects and costs include any work conducted before full execution of the grant agreement, staff time and labor, advertising, equipment used to load tires into trailers, tires generated by commercial businesses or farming operations, and cleanups where a viable liable party exists.

Applicants must submit a complete grant application through EGLE's online application system by the specified application deadline. Separate online portals are provided for the Community Cleanup Grant Application and the Private Property Cleanup Grant Application.